Inaugurated

Islamabad

World Model Confucius Institute was inaugurated at the National University of Modern languages (NUML) on Thursday.

Deputy Director, Hanban, China and representative of Confucius Headquarters, Shao Xubo, inaugurated the state-of-the-art Confucius Institute.

NUML Rector Major General (r) Zia Ud Din Najam,  Xia Jianhui, Zheng Menglin, Cultural Counsellor Chinese Embassy, Zheng Guojin, Director General, NUML Brigadier Riaz Ahmed Gondal, Deans Directors Heads of Department and large number of students attended the ceremony. First ever Confucius Institute in any Muslim Country was established in Islamabad in 2005 at NUML. Since 2005 Confucius Institute Islamabad had been declared Confucius Institute of Year for four times and in December 2015 it had been declared Model Confucius Institute of the Year by the Confucius Headquarters China. Speaking on the occasion, Hanban Deputy Director Shao Xubo said that Confucius Institute Islamabad was playing a vital role in promoting Chinese language and culture to bring the people of both the countries closer.